Pitcairn

Cairn(s)

Pitcairn (Old House Of Pitcairn) (Cairn(s)) on The Modern Antiquarian, the UK & Ireland's most popular megalithic community website. 7 images, 1 fieldnote, plus information on many more ancient sites nearby and across the UK & Ireland.

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This is a difficult place to find thanks to the maze of roads to get there but here goes. From Cadham Road look for Huntsman's Road (which heads east), then head north on Pitcoudie Road (which swings east), then look for Harris Way, (which heads north east) and at last find Sandray Place. At the end of Sandray Place the road stops and becomes a track heading into woods. After a few meters heading east look north, up the hill, and the cairn can be seen.

Pitcairn is was originally oval shaped and stood at 30 by 22 meters. It now stands at almost 3 meters in height. Unfortunately it has taken a battering, been houked and has had a dyke built through the east side. Nothing remains of the wall that once surrounded the monument. On the plus side it still remains, despite one report that it had been ploughed out, looking impressive amongst the winter trees despite the house being only a few meters to west. Houking has shown how the cairn was constructed. As well as larger stones, smaller stones can be seen amongst the earth. Urns in excavations have also been found.

This once had been an impressive site, it still is, and it appears that the locals aren't aware of the prehistory on their doorstep.